Browns Rookie QB Shedeur Sanders Injures Indirect at Coaching Camp Follow

Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders sustained an oblique injury during drills early in practice Wednesday and did not play the rest of the session.

Sanders and the Browns were in Philadelphia for a pair of joint practices ahead of Saturday’s preseason game. The Browns did not offer any additional information on Sanders’ availability for the rest of the week.

Sanders completed 14 of 23 passes for 138 yards with two first-half touchdown passes to Kaden Davis in his NFL preseason debut in a win over Carolina on Friday night.

The performance by Hall of Famer Deion Sanders’ son even caught the attention of NBA star LeBron James.

“That young [man] trying good on the market,” James wrote. “Maintain going UP!!! HEAD down on the grind and HEAD excessive to probably the most excessive.”

The Browns took Shedeur Sanders within the fifth spherical of the NFL draft. He wasn’t chosen till the 144th total decide, a shocking fall for probably the most recognizable participant on this draft class.

Sanders completed eighth within the Heisman Trophy balloting final season for Colorado and threw for a school-record 4,134 yards final season.

He’s a part of a crowded Browns quarterback room as Deshaun Watson is predicted to take a seat out this season with a torn Achilles tendon. The group additionally contains Kenny Pickett, 40-year-old Joe Flacco and third-round decide Dillon Gabriel, who was answerable for a Soccer Bowl Subdivision-record 188 whole touchdowns throughout a six-year profession that included stops at Central Florida, Oklahoma and Oregon.

Pickett has been slowed in coaching camp with a hamstring harm and Gabriel skilled a good hamstring.

Reporting by The Related Press.

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